[SOLVED] trim function not doing as I would expect

[dmccabe]

This is probably something really obvious, but for some reason I just cant get it right.

 

				$dirname = trim($row['name']," "); /*This creates a trimmed name without spaces to allow branch local directions to work*/
				echo $dirname;

 

I was wanting to take any spaces out of the $row['name'] value, however it doesnt seem to take them out at all.

 

What am I doing wrong?

[JasonLewis]

You can try str_replace().

I believe trim() doesn't remove whitespace from the middle of a string. Something like that anyway.

[ratcateme]

do you want to completely remove all the spaces so

"this is a test" becomes "thisisatest" because trim will only remove from the start or end of a string you need str_replace()

 

Scott.

[dmccabe]

Thanks a lot for the fast response guys.

 

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